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Fires & bushfires, 1910

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The Los Angeles Fire. Rewards for the Discovery of Miscreants. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 5

Three hundred men are digging for bodies in the ruins of the "Los Angeles Times" office, and the homes of prominent men are being, guarded by detectives…

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The Los Angelos Newspaper Fire. Dynamite Theory Denied. (By Cable). New York

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 2

The feeling between union and antiunion men at Los Angelos is so strong that on Sunday the police feared riots but up to 2 o.'clock no clash of…

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Fire at Monte Video

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

New docks and a Customs office at Monte Video have been destroyed by fire, the damage being stimated at about £80,000…

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Fire in New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

A fire broke out in Twenty-fourth-street, New York, and swept an area of three acres. The damage is estimated at £300,000…

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Fire in Sydney. Furniture Warehouse Alight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

The Sydney fire brigade received a call shortly before 11 o' clock on Tuesday night to 285 Pitt-street, occupied by Symonds, Ltd., as a furniture warehouse…

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United States Bush Fires. Village Destroyed. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 3

Bush fires have destroyed Gracetor, a village of Minnesota, U.S.A. The inhabitants are believed to have escaped, but are still unaccounted for…

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Fire in Sydney. An Exciting Scene

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 4

A fire occurred in Symonds furnishing establishment, Pitt-street, near Parkstreet, Sydney, on Tuesday night. About 11 o'clock a spark from an adjoining…

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General Cables. London, Wednesday night. Monte Video Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 3

The fire at Monte Video, Uruguay, has extended to the wharves and the losses are estimated at £250,000…

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Destructive Fire in Russian Town. St. Petersburg

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

A fire at Krachev, Russia, has demolished a large section of the town. Three synagogues, the prefecture of Police, and 44 other buildings have been destroyed…

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Hospital Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 5

A ward of the Leeds Infirmary has been gutted by fire, and 450 patients including 3O children, were safely removed…

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Fire in a Garagf

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 6

A disastrous fore broke out on Friday night in a motor garage, kept by Mr. Richard May, in Parramatta-road. Leich[?], as a result of which a two-storey-…

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Fire in Sydney, Furniture Warehouse Alight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 3

The Sydney fire brigade received a call shortly before 11 o'clock on Tuesday night to 285 Pitt-street, occupied by Symonds, Ltd., as a furniture warehouse…

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Local and General News. Fire Brigade Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

An inspection of the West Maitland Fire Brigade Station was made to-day by Major Cracknell, country municipalities representative on the Fire Brigade Board,…

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Fire in a Theatre. Wild Rush to Doors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 12

Considerable sensation was caused on Saturday night at the Theatre Royal, Broken Hill, where Sayer's moving pictures entertainment was being shown. The theatre…

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Shipbuilders' Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 3

The joiners shop and tracing department at Vicars, Son and Maxim's shipbuilding yards, Barrow, have been destroyed by fire, and the damage is estimated at [?]50,000…

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American Forest Fires. Hundreds Perish. VANCOUVER,Oct. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 3

Great forest fires are sweeping through Northern Minnesota and Western Ontario, Property worth millions of pounds has been destroyed…

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American Forest Fires

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

Vaneouver, Sunday.—Great forest lives have swept over Northern Minnesota und Western Ontario. Property worth millions of dollars has been destroyed…

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Inter-state Fire Brigades

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

A conference of inter-state fire brigades was opened to.day. The proceedings were conducted in-camera…

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By Fire and Sea

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

Vancouver, Sunday.—The steamer Kum Chow, while in Chinese waters, was burnt, 150 persons perishing. The British steamer Demara went on…

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Fires in United States. Towns Wiped Out. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

An official list of 40 persons killed by forest fines in Northern Minnesota has been published. Later. Beaudette, Spooner, Pitt and Graceton, towns…

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